Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp

Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780938682363.

"This is so unfair," laments Gus McCarty. The twelve-year-old struggles at school with an obnoxious classmate named Al, then is reeled back in time to a lumberjack camp where he must work with an equally troublesome boy named Alex. Adding to Guss misery are the rugged lumberjacks who think he has a lot to learn about being a real jack. During his misadventures Gus has hilarious encounters with a three-legged cat, an army of lice, and the intimidating lumberjacks. In spite of Guss troubles he learns much about lumbering, and eventually earns the respect of even the meanest jack in camp. But just as things are looking up, Gus has to face his most frightening opponent.